District to seek 3.57-mill bond Tuesday

Andrew WaldmanPublished: August 5, 2006 12:00AM

T-G Staff Reports
South Central schools will ask voters to approve its a 3.57-mill bond issue to raise a percentage of the funds needed to renovate the high school and elementary/middle schools on the Aug. 8 special election.
The district is pursuing the special election because more than $7 million from Ohio Schools Facilities Commission funding will be available if it passes. If the district waited, funds might not be directed to the school by the state at a later date.
If (the issue) passes, the project will be a huge challenge, said Supt. Ben Chaffee, the districts new top administrator as of Aug. 1. If the issue passes, Chaffee will be involved in the construction project.
If the issue passes, the OSFC will provide 75 percent of the funds and the issue itself would raise the remaining 25 percent.
Costs for the election will be less than $6,000, former Supt. Lowell Etzler reported at the boards May meeting.